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Tahir and du Plessis in for Proteas

South Africa has made two changes for the second Test starting in Adelaide on Thursday, with spinner Imran Tahir and batsman Faf du Plessis called up to face Australia.

Tahir replaces fast bowler Rory Kleinveldt and du Plessis comes in for JP Duminy, who was ruled out of the series during the Brisbane Test when he snapped his Achilles tendon in a training drill.

Proteas captain Graeme Smtih said leg-spinner Tahir was a logical choice on the dry Adelaide wicket and predicted him to play a big role with the three-match series evenly poised after the Brisbane draw.

Smith said his team weren't feeling any pressure being the number one team in the world.